Re: [WiX-users] WiX and TFS Build

2010-05-16 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Which version of TFS are you using? For 2008, I do the same thing, I actually changed the web service config file to set the directories, I was able to get it pretty close to our developer configuration so that I could get WiX working with the same settings for both environments.

Re: [WiX-users] FW: Reset IIS

2010-05-16 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
It would be better to restart your application pool, rather than IIS. -Original Message- From: Chad Petersen [mailto:chad.peter...@harlandfs.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] FW: Reset IIS Found

Re: [WiX-users] A new plan for WiX v3.5, introducing WiX v3.6

2010-04-30 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
This seems like a good and sound plan. Will 3.5 be moved over to codeplex as well (or updated so the source build from a version control repository)? -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:07 PM To: General discussion

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5 Source Code

2010-04-24 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I agree with that, if it were on codeplex, I would probably be more apt to dig through the source myself to work through some of the things that give me fits. -Original Message- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 5:49 PM To: General

[WiX-users] Sequence Numbers

2010-04-23 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I googled around, and I understand what the warning means, however, I do not see where it is coming from in my Wix projects. Could someone point me in the right direction as to locating what is causing the ICE82 Warning? Also, has anyone corrected the Office PIA warning? We are using the

Re: [WiX-users] Multiple dummy websites creation on IIS7

2010-04-19 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I think you need to install the IIS 6 metadatabase support for IIS in order to get this to work for you. -Original Message- From: Houssam Hamdan [mailto:houssam.ham...@netiks.com] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 9:35 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Multiple

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a .Net 3.5 web-install prerequisite

2010-04-05 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
In my case, I had to deal with two different locations of the bootstrapper files. This is what works for us. Just make sure that you have the bootstrapper files in the correct directory (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper for example). There is a packages directory

Re: [WiX-users] Adding a .Net 3.5 web-install prerequisite

2010-04-02 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Do you want to install it, or just check for it? -Original Message- From: pateras [mailto:pate...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 3:23 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Adding a .Net 3.5 web-install prerequisite I'd like to add a check in my WiX

Re: [WiX-users] install service

2010-03-15 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Really? You removed that option. Was that done in 3.5 or 3.0? I was able to specify the user that the service ran as, and it installed correctly. What I was unable to do was to get the package to uninstall when I did. John -Original Message- From: Rob Hamflett

[WiX-users] Question regarding .wixproj and conditions

2010-03-10 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I am working through some conditional logic in getting the project, and hence TFS Build to build our installs. The issue I am coming up against is that the SDK install locations are different on different computers. Currently, I detect this using this logic inside the WixProj file:

Re: [WiX-users] SQL2008 Express Merge Module

2010-02-24 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
. Arun Perregattur -Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:21 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] SQL2008 Express Merge Module Does anyone

Re: [WiX-users] SQL2008 Express Merge Module

2010-02-24 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\ / /Target Arun Perregattur -Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 3:40 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset

[WiX-users] SQL2008 Express Merge Module

2010-02-23 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Does anyone know where I can find the SQL2008 Express Merge Module? I have a requirement to install a local database, and have been unable to locate a way to include the SQL2008 Express in my installer. I have seen several other products do this, so I know the capability exists... Thanks,

[WiX-users] Office Primary Interop Assemblies (Multiple Versions - Install one based on client)

2010-02-09 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
As anyone successfully installed the office 2003 (or 2007) Primary Interop Assemblies depending on which version of office is installed? I am afraid I am struggling with this, and cannot seem to find how to integrate them both into the bootstrapper, and have it choose what to install

Re: [WiX-users] Avoiding hard-coding the path to the WiX SDK when using the WDK

2010-01-16 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Yes to the environment variable :-) -Original Message- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 1:27 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Avoiding hard-coding the path to the WiX SDK when using

Re: [WiX-users] Build WiX Solution After Drop‏

2010-01-07 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Does anyone have any pointers towards using a setup.ini file for setting parameters of an install? -Original Message- From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:52 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.

Re: [WiX-users] Build WiX Solution After Drop‏

2010-01-07 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
(Apologize for the previous off-topic email) We actually did something similar to this using a 2nd build script. The first build script build everything EXCEPT the installers, and then as the last step of the build script, we executed the second build script to create the installers

Re: [WiX-users] Problem with checkbox

2009-12-23 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Are you saying that you are using two checkboxes to change the value of a single Property? -Original Message- From: Igor Lemsky [mailto:igor.lem...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 12:36 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users]

[WiX-users] IIS6/IIS7 Detection

2009-12-17 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
How do you detect if IIS6 or IIS7 are installed? Previously I was looking in the registry, is there a better way? This is how I was checking for IIS and ASP.NET 2.0, it is, however, broken with IIS7 even with the IIS6 compatibility installed. Condition Message=This setup requires the IIS

Re: [WiX-users] Another merge module problem

2009-12-15 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
On a similar, but related note... Sascha, are you saying that you can have multiple target directories for a merge module? I thought you could only have the one merge reference path... -Original Message- From: Sascha Beaumont [mailto:sascha.beaum...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December

Re: [WiX-users] A simple web site example request

2009-12-03 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I have not seen that problem, however, In our case we build Mixed Platforms because we have some x86 specific code and some Any CPU code. What kind of output do you seen in the build window? Is this during a build or a rebuild? -Original Message- From: Charles Mcdonald

Re: [WiX-users] GetMsiProperty with UAC enabled!

2009-11-17 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Add this, maybe it will help in your case... Condition Message=You must be an administrator to install this application Privileged /Condition I believe you get the UAC prompt... -Original Message- From: Sachin Dubey [mailto:sachin.du...@live.com] Sent: Tuesday, November

[WiX-users] ToolsVersion attribute

2009-11-16 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I had had to hunt down how to correct the 'No HomeSite attribute has been provided' errors when creating a bootstrapper. (the solution was to add ToolsVersion=3.5 to the project definition line so you end up with a line like this in the WixProj: Project DefaultTargets=Build

Re: [WiX-users] Example Help Needed

2009-11-16 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
This will tell you if 3.5 is installed !-- Installation Conditions -- PropertyRef Id=NETFRAMEWORK35 / Condition Message=The .NET Framework 3.5 must be installed ([NETFRAMEWORK35]) Installed OR NETFRAMEWORK35 /Condition Condition Message=You must be an administrator to

Re: [WiX-users] ToolsVersion attribute

2009-11-16 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] ToolsVersion attribute John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: I am curious why WiX does not add this attribute by default? WiX doesn't require MSBuild 3.5. -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com

[WiX-users] setup.ini... (Wix 3.5)

2009-11-12 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Has anyone used Setup.ini to configure the public properties of an install? I am having some difficulty getting this to work. I am using a bootstrapper that installs .NET 3.5SP1, and then an MSI that has public properties deailing with things like Server names, user accounts, etc. I cannot

Re: [WiX-users] setup.ini... (Wix 3.5)

2009-11-12 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
the location of the INI file in such a way as to enable using the IniFileSearch element. Easiest may be to have your bootstapper supply a property to the MSI with the INI file's location. -Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mailto:john.berg

Re: [WiX-users] setup.ini... (Wix 3.5)

2009-11-12 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
has some elements to deal with ini files. See more in Wix toturial. There are some examples which include ini file operations. More At http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson1.php#1.5 Good luck. 2009-11-13 salever.lee 发件人: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) 发送时间: 2009-11-13 02

[WiX-users] Installing PDBs

2009-11-09 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I was just curious if there was an easier way of installing PDBs? What I have works, but it seems cumbersome. Component Id='c_AppServer.DTO' Guid='...' File Id='f.AppServer.DTO' Name='$(var.Application.ApplicationServer.DTO.TargetFileName)'

Re: [WiX-users] Installing PDBs

2009-11-09 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Ok, that's much better. -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 10:16 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Installing PDBs John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: I was just

Re: [WiX-users] .wproj supports in VS 2k*

2009-11-05 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Do you see the Wix Project types in the Add New Project? If not, Votive did not install. There was a post a while ago on the list about manually installing the templates that would take care of it. We had a similar problem where the 64bit version would not install (3.5.1030) fully on some

[WiX-users] WiX 3.5, problem during uninstall when User defined

2009-11-04 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
When I add a User element inside my installers component, as such, I receive a Fatal Error during uninstall, even if I do not use the user within the install. Component Id='component_Service' Guid=4ADD096A-CF39-454b-AF01-1EA39092C9DB DiskId='1' util:User Id ='appServiceAccount'

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5, problem during uninstall when User defined

2009-11-04 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
]' util:GroupRef Id='IISAppPoolGroup'/ /util:User /Component The install works perfectly (as does the one below). Can someone please point me in the right direction? -Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com

Re: [WiX-users] Where do you get the Microsoft Bootstrappers? - Solved

2009-11-01 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
=$(ApplicationUrl) BootstrapperItems=@(BootstrapperFile) ComponentsLocation=HomeSite OutputPath=$(OutputPath) Culture=en-US Path=$(SDKPath)Bootstrapper\ / -Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009

[WiX-users] Where do you get the Microsoft Bootstrappers?

2009-10-30 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I have looked high and low, I cannot seem to locate what I need to install to get the bootstrapper files. That would be the files that is present in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper. Anyone know what I need to download? I have VS2008 SP1 installed, I have tried the

Re: [WiX-users] Where do you get the Microsoft Bootstrappers?

2009-10-30 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
/2008? -Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 8:46 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] Where do you get the Microsoft Bootstrappers? I have

[WiX-users] Wix 3.5x x64 version integration with VS2010 works, however 32bit version does not.

2009-08-31 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Does anyone know of a workaround to get the 32bit version working? Besides applying a couple workarounds to the wxs files, the x64 version is working quite well; however, we are now faced with only some developers can move because the 32 bit version does not install completely. Basically, we

[WiX-users] WiX .5.0821.0 == Awesome!

2009-08-26 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I am finally able to build my installers with VS2010! There are still a few workaround I have had to employ, but this is a much better release for us than the last couple!! One such workaround is that the ProjectDir appears to be mapped to the TargetDir now, is this intentional, or is this a

[WiX-users] Wix 3.5.0814.0 - VS2010 Integration Back, but still have issues creating an installer

2009-08-15 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
VS2010 integration is back (thanks). However, I still am getting an error 'GetResolveReferencePaths' when an Install references a MergeModule. The error is as follows: error MSB4057: The target GetResolvedReferencePaths does not exist in the project. Has anyone been able to successfully

[WiX-users] Wix 3.5.0731.0 is missing the VS2010 Integration

2009-08-03 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
The latest build, and the previous one are missing the VS2010 integration. Could one of the Wix Developers contact me offline so I can help with this? -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports

[WiX-users] Wix 3.5.0724

2009-07-28 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
It would appear that the Visual Studio 2010 integration is again missing from WiX 3.5.0724. Is there a way to manually install it? Additionally, Bug #2803058 is not only Libraries but also MergeModules. I was not able to update it, nor do I think it should be a separate issue.

Re: [WiX-users] problem with ICE82 - duplicate sequence number 1 from third party merge module

2009-07-28 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
Ondrej, How did you validate the 3rd party merge module? -Original Message- From: Ondrej Zarevucky [mailto:ondrej.zarevu...@fine.cz] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:06 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: [WiX-users] problem with ICE82 - duplicate sequence

[WiX-users] Blocked by a bug... (3.5x)

2009-07-19 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailaid=2803058group_id=105970atid=642714 Anyone have a target as to when this will get fixed; or if someone would point me to where the problem likely is I am more than happy to have a go at it. This not only affects Libraries, but also Merge Modules.

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types?

2009-07-11 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
...@joyofsetup.com] Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 6:26 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types? John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: .Management.Client.wixproj : error MSB4057: The target GetResolvedReferencePat

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types?

2009-07-10 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
, 2009 6:26 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types? John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: .Management.Client.wixproj : error MSB4057: The target GetResolvedReferencePat hs does not exist

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types?

2009-07-08 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
] Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 2:20 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types? John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: I can live with using an older version, but I am struggling with the MSM references

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types?

2009-07-07 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
development right now and Votive is not necessarily stable. John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: I just installed WiX 3.5.0626 and do not have the WiX project types with Visual Studio now. Does anyone know what happened? The 3.5.0605 has them in place, but every build after

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types?

2009-07-04 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
] Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 2:49 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types? Sounds like a bug. WiX v3.5 is under development right now and Votive is not necessarily stable. John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies

[WiX-users] VS2010 / Wix 3.5.0605 Build issue

2009-06-30 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I receive this error for each of the MergeModules my install projects reference. I have been unable to find any information as to what the cause of this could be. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what this might be? Error 391 The target GetResolvedReferencePaths does not exist in

Re: [WiX-users] Visual Studio 2010 beta, Wix 3.5, and Server 2008 x64

2009-06-30 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
You have to convert the project by hand. Basically what I did was create another project, and then I believe you can simply copy the other files in. Once you have done one, you can diff the old and the new, there are only a few minor changes between them. -Original Message- From: Erik

[WiX-users] WiX 3.5.0626 missing VS2010 Project Types?

2009-06-28 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I just installed WiX 3.5.0626 and do not have the WiX project types with Visual Studio now. Does anyone know what happened? The 3.5.0605 has them in place, but every build after that does not. John --

Re: [WiX-users] Configuration update problem during install...

2009-01-25 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
? -- John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: util:XmlFile Id=ModifyPluginDir_Client Action=setValue File=[WPFClient]app.config

[WiX-users] Configuration update problem during install...

2009-01-24 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
I am getting this error: Failed to find node: /configuration/PluginSources/add/@key='Client' in XML File: C:\Program Files\XPedient\WPFClient\\app.config System error: -2147467259 The error implies some sort of access issue with the file, am I

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors

2009-01-24 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: After I reproduced it in Visual Studio 2008, I exited and ran msbuild as suggested. The command line msbuild builds correctly. I opened Visual

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors

2009-01-22 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: I have already upgraded to the latest release (4917). OK. Can you build the .wixproj via MSBuild from a command line, not within Visual Studio? -- sig://boB http

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors

2009-01-22 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
MSBuild Errors John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: It is not as simple as building an individual wixproj.. I am more than happy to assist troubleshooting, however, because it appears to be an exception being thrown, it would seem that attaching to the process and catching all

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors

2009-01-22 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
:52 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: How would you do that? From a VS2008 command prompt, run 'msbuild foo.sln' -- should be the same as build in the IDE

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors

2009-01-22 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
not be a wix/votive problem at all but have no way to prove this. If I can be of any help to gather additional data please let me know. -- Edwin -Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors

2009-01-22 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
of the source that is infected first. -- Edwin -Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:38 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors

2009-01-22 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
-Original Message- From: John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) [mailto:john.berg...@xpedienttechnologies.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:38 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors Edwin

Re: [WiX-users] WiX 3.0.4805.0: Internal MSBuild Errors

2009-01-21 Thread John H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies)
H. Bergman (XPedient Technologies) wrote: I am having a problem with the 3.0.4805.0 release. On one of my machines, I am getting build errors that are related to WiX. If I load my solution, with the series of MergeModules and Installs, I get the output (included below). Somebody already